Jean Behra

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Jean Behra
Nationality	French
World Championship Career
Active years	1952 - 1959
Team(s)	Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari
Races	53
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	9

Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First race	1952 Swiss Grand Prix


Last race	1959 French Grand Prix

Jean Marie Behra (born in Nice, France, February 16, 1921 - died in Berlin, Germany, August 1, 1959) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams.

Although he never achieved a victory, he managed an unquenchable thirst for motorsport, being considered a formidable competitor to the day he died. He hit the headlines when he won the non-title 1952 Reims Grand Prix. Between then and 1959 he scored many victories but in non-championship races. In 1959 he moved to Ferrari where he partnered with Tony Brooks. When he retired in the French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux after a piston failure, he was involved in a strong discussion in which he punched team manager Romolo Tavoni, and was instantly dismissed from the team. Less than a month later he crashed his Porsche RSK in the sports car race that preceded the German Grand Prix at AVUS. He was thrown from his car and fatally injured against a flagpole.

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Team	WDC	Points
1952	Gordini	SWI 3	INDY	BEL Ret	FRA 7	GBR	GER 5	DUT Ret	ITA Ret				Gordini	11th	6
1953	Gordini	ARG 6	INDY	DUT	BEL Ret	FRA 10	GBR Ret	GER Ret	SWI Ret	ITA			Gordini	-	0
1954	Gordini	ARG DSQ	INDY	BEL Ret	FRA 6	GBR Ret	GER 10	SWI Ret	ITA Ret	ESP Ret			Gordini	26th	0.14
1955	Maserati	ARG 6	MON 3	INDY	BEL 5	DUT 6	GBR Ret	ITA 4					Maserati	9th	6
1956	Maserati	ARG 2	MON 3	INDY	BEL 7	FRA 3	GBR 3	GER 3	ITA Ret				Maserati	4th	22
1957	Maserati	ARG 2	MON	INDY	FRA 6	GBR Ret	GER 6	PES Ret	ITA Ret				Maserati	11th	6
1958	Ken Kavanagh	ARG 5	MON Ret	DUT 3	INDY	BEL Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	POR 4	ITA Ret	MOR Ret	BRM	11th	9
1959	Ferrari	MON Ret	INDY	DUT 5	FRA Ret	GBR	DEU DNS	POR	ITA	USA			Jean Behra	17th	2